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16 The top of the altar is square, measuring 21 feet by 21 feet.[a] 17 The upper ledge also forms a square, measuring 24 1⁄2 feet by 24 1⁄2 feet,[b] with a 21-inch gutter and a 10 1⁄2-inch curb[c] all around the edge. There are steps going up the east side of the altar.”

18 Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: These will be the regulations for the burning of offerings and the sprinkling of blood when the altar is built.

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Footnotes

  1. 43:16 Hebrew 12 [cubits] [6.4 meters] long and 12 [cubits] wide.
  2. 43:17a Hebrew 14 [cubits] [7.4 meters] long and 14 [cubits] wide.
  3. 43:17b Hebrew a gutter of 1 cubit [53 centimeters] and a curb of 1⁄2 a cubit [27 centimeters].

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